Building your MARINES - CORRECTLY

[kairus]

man i wish i had a marine.

 

[Jediguy]

not too late to start piecing them together. WOn't be cheap though

 

[THE IMMOBILIZER]

I would mate but its boxed up and dark artist has the head too !.

MayB Later on, when u get it back.:chew
when u R all pumped up to show YouR vasquez

 

[THE IMMOBILIZER]

man i wish i had a marine.

I made a start this year, and now i almost got them all.

 

[dano669]

does anyone have good reference photos

 

[dano669]

mainly hicks and hudson

 

[dano669]

need a close up of hudsons calender on his helmet.

 

[dano669]

does anyone know were to buy nylon straps for making belts and webbing straps

 

[dano669]

also need elastic for hicks helmet

 

[icruise]

You know, you can write more than one sentence per post. See, like this?

 

[dano669]

You know, you can write more than one sentence per post. See, like this?

I only did that so I could bring my post count up.

 

[dano669]

Awesome agonistes86! Looks absolutely badass

that upgraded body looks sick I have to get on for my hicks.
you need to get a new head sculpt.that looks more like hicks than hudson.

 

[dano669]

If I recall correctly, Hicks's armor grafitti was not done by Michael Biehn, probably the only case in which this happened. All the other actors portraying marines were asked to customize thier armor but as Michael Biehn replaced James Remar as Hicks, he inherited the graffitti Remar came up with.

It was actually remar who did the graphitti.biehn was cast after initial filming and the suits were already made.beihn actually didnt like the big red heart on the front,he said it looked like a target.get the double disc version of aliens there is some awesome facts on that dvd.

 

[dano669]

If I recall correctly, Hicks's armor grafitti was not done by Michael Biehn, probably the only case in which this happened. All the other actors portraying marines were asked to customize thier armor but as Michael Biehn replaced James Remar as Hicks, he inherited the graffitti Remar came up with.

sorry I miss read your thread you are absolutly correct.weres my glasses

 

[dano669]

Thanks Stendec, I'll chase down some of those boots . I'm in the home straight with my marines , just a few details need refining now . ( I was de-railed slightly when I decided the team needed a Bishop! ) . Saying that ,I'm pretty interested in Hurricanes working lamps , so it could still be a while before they're ready for battle . DOH!!

man she has some huge arms.I dont think her arms were that big.still looks good though.your drake looks like he has allergies.great collection though.
were did you get the bishop sculpt?

 

[dano669]

I don't know if this has been touched on, but modifying your HT marines may actually diminish their value. For those of you that have no intention of ever re-selling your figures, knock yourselves out.

For those of you who may feel that they might sell these in the future, I would refrain from changing anything. I personally would not want to buy one that has been messed with, even if the intention was good.

This was just a thought that occurred to me. Feel free to disagree, but do not flame me. Thanks.

that statement is actually incorrect,Ive seen hicks custom figures go for more than 3 times the original cost.would you rather pay collector cost for a figure that is very inaccurate or would you rather buy one that looks spot on.

 

[Mudshark]

Welcome to the thread Dano669! You seem to be digging up some pretty old posts here, but you're absolutely right... a SA modified HT marine can go for a lot more than a stock figure, depending on how well done the final figure is, of course. If you've sifted back through the entire thread, then you've probably seen the Hicks that Stendec modified a year or two ago. Too bad he decided to sell it, but I'm sure he must've got a tidy sum for it.

 

[dano669]

Does anyone happen to know how many packs Hudson actually has on his belt in the movie?

The HT figure comes with 3 pouches and a holster on his belt, plus a large bag to sling over his shoulder... but I'm not sure what is accurate. I'm pretty sure he didn't have a holster.

he only has the large ammo pouch.If you watch the part were frost gets movement on his tracker.you can clearly see only one pouch.he also has one of the tools from that vasquez figure,there supposed to be batteries for the smart gun but theyre nothing like the batteries in the film

 

[uscmhicks]

you do know your replying to a post in 2007 right ?.

 

[dano669]

you do know your replying to a post in 2007 right ?.

nope,but ill shut up now